NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, November 4 (game #1242)

Today is the date for a new NYT Connections puzzle to appear at midnight in your time zone. Some players are always tackling today's game while others are working on yesterday's. If you're after Tuesday's puzzle, click here for hints and answers from November 3.

Connections is NYT's clever word game that requires you to group answers into various categories. It can be challenging, so here are some hints to help you out. Once you've finished, why not play more word games? I've also got daily Strands hints and answers, Quordle hints and answers, and Marc's Wordle page if you need assistance.

SPOILER WARNING: Below are the answers for today's Connections puzzle, so don't read on if you don't want to know them. Today's words are FLY, POKE, IRON, WORKS, WOOD, WRING, WEDGE, BLEACH, PUTTER, CRACKER, DOORSTOP, LOLL, FLATIRON BUILDING, SHUFFLE, TUMBLE DRY, and PIE SLICE.

For the YELLOW group, consider popular polyhedrons. The GREEN group includes laundry advice words. In the BLUE group, think about casual movement. Lastly, the PURPLE group begins with a hot 4-letter word.

If you need more hints, it's spoiler territory now. But read on to find out the theme answers for today's NYT Connections puzzle.

For the YELLOW group, the answers are TRIANGULAR PRISMS WITH A SHARP EDGE. For GREEN, the words after "DO NOT" on a care label are BLEACH, IRON, TUMBLE DRY, and WRING. For BLUE, movements done idly with around include LOLL, POKE, PUTTER, and SHUFFLE. Lastly, for PURPLE, CRACKER, FLY, WOOD, and WORKS begin with the fire-related word.

That concludes today's Connections puzzle.